ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
P. καταβιβρώσκειν (Plato, Phaedo, 110A).
Met., P. and V. διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν.